Carbon-sheet holder.



No. 817,769." I PATENTED APR. 17, 1906. H. W.` BBDO-1R55. CARBON SHEETHOLDER. APPLIUATION FILED MAY 9, 1905.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

No. 817,769. l

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed May 9, 1905. Serial No. 259,640.

To all wil/070'?, it may concern.'

Beit known that I, HARDIN W. `IIEDGfEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chase, in the county of Rice and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Carbon-Sheet Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to carbon sheet holders g and my object is toproduce a holder for use especially with ledgers for the purpose ofavoiding extra work on the part of bookkeepers, and therefore saving agreat deal of their time and reducing the running expenses of the personor institution they serve; and a 4further object is to produce a deviceof this character which can be easily and quickly secured to or removedfrom a ledger and which is of simple, durable, and cheap construction.

To these ends the invention consists in certain novel and peculiarfeatures of construction and organization, as hereinafter debe fullyunderstood reference is to be had toy the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l represents a plan view of an opened loose-leaf ledgerwith my carbonsheet holder attached thereto and holding the carbon-sheetin operative position. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is anenlarged section taken on the dotted line III of Fig. 1. Fi 4 is adetail perspective view of a portion o the carbon-sheet holder. Fig. 5is a detail perspective view .of the hinge-clip forming a part of theholder.

In the said drawings, 1 indicates aloose-leaf ledger of any suitabletype. 2 indicates a spring-clip bent to form substantially semicircula'rjaws, which approach closely at their upper ends and are then bentoutward, as at 3, to provide a flaring mouth for the clip, the latteralso having outwardlyprojecting ilanges 4, by which it may be securedreliably to the back cover of the ledger, being preferably secured tothe inner side and near the upper right-hand corner of said cover, sothat when the book is open said clip shall stand vertically.

The frame of the holder is of U shape and consists of the body portion 5and parallel arms 6, projecting in the same'direction from the ends ofthe body portion, the frame being braced ,-preferably, by corner platesor ribs 7, and the upper corner plate or rib is provided with an openingS, through which the inner jaw of the clip projects when the frame isengaged with the clip, it being understood that such relation of theparts is established by pressing the body portion of the holder throughthe flaring mouth of the clip. If desired, there may be a clip forengagement with the frame near each end of the latter;y

but one clip is all that is really needed, and by disposing it near theupper corner of the book it is entirely out of the way of thebookkeeper. l

9 represents sliding sleeves loosely mounted on arms 6, and 1()frictionally or spring held sleeves upon said arms 6. l

11 represents strips or bars 'adapted to be clasped at their endsbetween sleeves 9 and 10 and arms 6, the intermediate portions of thestrips or bars being adapted to hold a carbonsheet 12` against the armsand reliably clamp it in such position.

In practice the holder occupies the position shown in Figs. 1 and ,2with the carbonsheet, ink side down, resting upon the page of the ledgerto receive the impression. Another sheet of the ledger may then bedisposed upon the carbon-sheet, so that entries made thereon by thebookkeeper will be duplicated on the sheet below the carbonsheet. Ifdesired, a loose sheet may be placed upon the carbon-sheet to receivethe original impression, or, again, s the original impression may bemade on the page of the ledger and the loose sheet be placed. below thecarbon-sheet to receive the impression.

In ordinary practice it is preferable to employ a loose sheet to receivethe carbon impressions, particularly in banks, in order that such sheetmay receive all of the items of the bookkeepers account. When theaccount is balanced, there is no transcribing to be done, and thebookkeep'er will simply have to take out the loose sheet and pass it tothe Vdepositor with his checks, and thus save a great dealof valuabletime now used in transcribing the items of the account into thedeositors pass-book or onto a loose sheet of edger-paper.

It will be understood, of course, that when this carbon-holder and thesystem above described are used each depositor will have one or morepages of the ledger devoted to his account and that after one page islled the bookkeeper simply swings the carbon-sheetholding frame in thedirection indicated by the arrow, Fig. 2, in order that he may turn thepage of the ledger out of the way which has received the impression. Thecarbon- IOO IIO

y sheet is then swung back to its original posiuntil disengaged from thestrips or bars \l-1.

tion, in which it is ready for operation in connection with the ensuingpage. If the loose sheet receives the carbon impression, the carbonholder is swung out to permit the loose sheet to be removed and thefollowing ledgerpage to be turned. A second loose sheet is then placedin position7 the carbon is disposed upon the same, and the ledger-pageto receive the original copy is swung down upon the carbon-sheet, whereit is ready to receive a series of entries.

After one ledger has been iilled the carbonholder is removed from theclip, and the latter can also be removed, if desired, and secured to anew ledger and in such position be ready to receive thecarbon-sheet-holding frame. It will also be understood that thecarbon-sheet can be removed whenever desirable and replaced by a newone. To remove the sheet, sleeves 1() are slid on arms 6 The latter canthen be sprung outwardly or altogether removed, being replaced in anobvious manner to secure a new carbon-sheet in position, the strips orbars being again clamped in position by the sliding sleeves 9 and 10.

From the above description it will be ap-- Vit is also apparent thatchanges may be made in its form, proportion, detail construction, andarrangement of the parts without departing from its spirit and scope orsacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is*

1. A carbon-sheet holder, comprising a U- shaped frame, sleeves on thearms of said frame, bars or strips clamped at one end by said sleevesagainst said arms, and sliding sleeves engaging said arms and theopposite ends of said bars or strips and adaptedto clamp the lattertightly upon a carbon-sheet interposed -between them.

2. A carbon-sheet holder comprising a U- shaped frame, independentclamping-strips mounted on the arms of the said frame, and means fordetachably securing said clamping-strips to the arms of the U-shapedframe whereby the ends of a carbon-sheet may be removably securedthereto.

3. The combination with a book, of a U- shaped frame having lits bodydetachably secured to the cover of the book and its arms free andarranged'adjacent to the upper and lower edges of the leaves of thebook, and means on the arms of the frame fordetachably holding the endsof a carbon-sheet.

4. The combination with a book, of an open clip secured to the coverthereof, a U- shaped frame having its body fitted in and removably heldby said clip, and its arms receivinv the leaves of the book betweenthem, and means for detachably securing the ends of a carbon-sheet tosaid arms.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HARDIN W. HEDGES.

Witnesses:

J. V. ADAMS, J. M. REID.

